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Simple Dictionary Definition |
天 see styles |
tiān tian1 t`ien tien ten てん |
More info & calligraphy: Heaven(1) sky; (2) {Christn} heaven; (3) God; (4) {Buddh} svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); (5) {Buddh} deva (divine being of Buddhism); (6) top (of a book); (7) sole (of a Japanese sandal); (8) beginning; start; (9) (abbreviation) (See 天ぷら) tempura; (10) (abbreviation) (obsolete) (See 天竺・1) India; (given name) Hiroshi Heaven; the sky; a day; cf. dyo, dyaus also as 提婆 a deva, or divine being, deity; and as 素羅 sura, shining, bright. |
鏡 镜 see styles |
jìng jing4 ching kagami かがみ |
More info & calligraphy: Mirror(1) mirror; looking-glass; (2) barrel head; (3) {finc} page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; (4) (abbreviation) (See 鏡餅・かがみもち) mirror-shaped mochi; (female given name) Mira ādarśa. A mirror. |
伊始 see styles |
yī shǐ yi1 shi3 i shih |
More info & calligraphy: New Beginning |
道元 see styles |
dào yuán dao4 yuan2 tao yüan michimoto みちもと |
More info & calligraphy: DogenThe beginning of right doctrine, i.e. faith. |
事始め see styles |
kotohajime ことはじめ |
More info & calligraphy: New Beginning |
リセット see styles |
risetto リセット |
More info & calligraphy: Lisset |
元 see styles |
yuán yuan2 yüan yuan ユアン |
currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary; (bound form) basic; fundamental; (bound form) constituent; part; (prefix) meta-; (math.) argument; variable; era (of a reign); (Tw) (geology) eon (kana only) (See 元・げん・3) yuan (monetary unit of China) (chi: yuán); (given name) Motoyasu Beginning, first, original, head; dollar; Mongol (dynasty). |
出 see styles |
chū chu1 ch`u chu de で |
to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc (n,n-suf) (1) coming out; going out; outflow; efflux; rising (of the Sun or the Moon); (n,n-suf) (2) attending (work); appearing (on stage); one's turn to go on; (n,n-suf) (3) start; beginning; (n,n-suf) (4) origins; background; person (or item) originating from ...; graduate of ...; native of ...; member of ... (lineage); (n,n-suf) (5) architectural member that projects outward; (n,n-suf) (6) highest point of the stern of a ship; (n,n-suf) (7) (kana only) (usu. after the -masu stem of a verb as 〜出がある or 〜出がない, etc.) amount (comprising something); amount of time or effort required to do something; (surname) De To go out, come forth, put forth; exit; beyond. |
初 see styles |
chū chu1 ch`u chu hatsu(p); ui はつ(P); うい |
at first; (at the) beginning; first; junior; basic (adj-no,n,n-pref,n-suf) first; new; (female given name) Hatsumi To cut cloth for clothes; beginning, first. |
印 see styles |
yìn yin4 yin in いん |
to print; to mark; to engrave; a seal; a print; a stamp; a mark; a trace; image (1) stamp; seal; chop; (2) seal impression; seal; sealing; stamp; mark; print; (3) {Buddh} mudra (symbolic hand gesture); (4) ninja hand sign; (5) (abbreviation) (See 印度・インド) India; (surname) In mudrā; seal, sign, symbol, emblem, proof, assurance, approve; also 印契; 契印; 印相. Manual signs indicative of various ideas, e. g. each finger represents one of the five primary elements, earth, water, fire, air, and space, beginning with the little finger; the left hand represents 定 stillness, or meditation, the right hand 慧 discernment or wisdom; they have also many other indications. Also, the various symbols of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, e. g. the thunderbolt; cf. 因.; (度) The five Indias, or five regions of India, idem 五天竺 q. v. |
口 see styles |
kǒu kou3 k`ou kou kuchi くち |
mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls (1) mouth; (2) opening; hole; gap; orifice; (3) mouth (of a bottle); spout; nozzle; mouthpiece; (4) gate; door; entrance; exit; (5) (See 口を利く・1) speaking; speech; talk (i.e. gossip); (6) (See 口に合う) taste; palate; (7) mouth (to feed); (8) (See 働き口) opening (i.e. vacancy); available position; (9) (See 口がかかる・1) invitation; summons; (10) kind; sort; type; (11) opening (i.e. beginning); (suf,ctr) (12) counter for mouthfuls, shares (of money), stove burners, and swords; (surname) Hamanoguchi mukha, the mouth, especially as the organ of speech. 身, 口, 意 are the three media of corruption, body or deed , mouth or word, and mind or thought. |
壱 see styles |
yī yi1 i hito ひと |
Japanese variant of 壹[yi1] (num,pref) (1) one; (adj-no,suf) (2) best; (can be adjective with の) (3) first; foremost; (4) beginning; start; (5) bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.); (personal name) Hito |
壹 see styles |
yī yi1 i ichi いち |
one (banker's anti-fraud numeral) (out-dated kanji) (num,pref) (1) one; (adj-no,suf) (2) best; (can be adjective with の) (3) first; foremost; (4) beginning; start; (5) bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.) |
始 see styles |
shǐ shi3 shih hajime はじめ |
to begin; to start; then; only then (female given name) Hajime Beginning, first, initial; thereupon. |
序 see styles |
xù xu4 hsü jo じょ |
(bound form) order; sequence; (bound form) introductory; initial; preface (1) order; ordering; (2) beginning; start; (3) (See 序文) foreword; preface; introduction; (4) (See 序破急) opening of a song (in gagaku or noh) Seriatim; preface, introduction; the opening phrase of a sutra, "Thus have I heard;" an opening phrase leading up to a subject. |
弌 see styles |
yī yi1 i hajime はじめ |
archaic variant of 壹 banker's anti-fraud numeral one (num,pref) (1) one; (adj-no,suf) (2) best; (can be adjective with の) (3) first; foremost; (4) beginning; start; (5) bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.); (female given name) Hajime |
曙 see styles |
shǔ shu3 shu akebono あけぼの |
(bound form) daybreak; dawn; Taiwan pr. [shu4] dawn; daybreak; beginning; (given name) Sho |
有 see styles |
yǒu you3 yu yuu / yu ゆう |
to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional) (1) existence; (n,n-pref) (2) possession; having; (3) (abbreviation) (in company names; written as (有)) (See 有限会社) limited company; (personal name) Yumi bhāva: that which exists, the existing, existence; to have, possess, be. It is defined as (1) the opposite of 無 wu and 空 kong the non-existent; (2) one of the twelve nidānas, existence; the condition which, considered as cause, produces effect; (3) effect, the consequence of cause; (4) anything that can be relied upon in the visible or invisible realm. It means any state which lies between birth and death, or beginning and end. There are numerous categories— 3, 4, 7, 9, 18, 25, and 29. The 三有 are the 三界 trailokya, i. e. 欲, 色 and 無色界 the realms of desire, of form, and of non-form, all of them realms of mortality; another three are 本有 the present body and mind, or existence, 當有 the future ditto, 中有 the intermediate ditto. Other definitions give the different forms or modes of existence. |
朔 see styles |
shuò shuo4 shuo saku さく |
beginning; first day of lunar month; north (1) {astron} new moon; (2) first day of the lunar month; (3) (hist) next year's calendar and decrees (in ancient China; distributed by the Emperor at year's end); (given name) Hajime |
析 see styles |
xī xi1 hsi shaku たく |
to separate; to divide; to analyze (irregular kanji usage) wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance) To divide, separate, differentiate, explain. |
柝 see styles |
tuò tuo4 t`o to taku たく ki き |
watchman's rattle wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance) |
端 see styles |
duān duan1 tuan hashi(p); haji; hana はし(P); はじ; はな |
end; extremity; item; port; to hold something level with both hands; to carry; regular (1) end (e.g. of street); tip; point; edge; margin; (2) beginning; start; first; (3) odds and ends; scrap; odd bit; least; (female given name) Mizuki Beginning, coming forth, elementary principles; a point either beginning or end; straight, proper. |
緒 绪 see styles |
xù xu4 hsü sho; cho しょ; ちょ |
beginnings; clues; mental state; thread beginning; inception; (personal name) Osachi |
起 see styles |
qǐ qi3 ch`i chi hajime はじめ |
to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group (irregular okurigana usage) source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis; (female given name) Hajime To rise, raise, start, begin; uprising; tr. utpada. |
一渡 see styles |
ichiwatari いちわたり |
(adverb) briefly; in general; roughly; from beginning to end; through (e.g. glancing, flipping); (surname) Ichiwatari |
三生 see styles |
sān shēng san1 sheng1 san sheng mitsuo みつお |
(surname, given name) Mitsuo The three births, or reincarnations, past, present, future. Tiantai has (a) 種 planting the seed; (b) 熟 ripening; (c) 脫 liberating, stripping, or harvesting, i.e. beginning, development, and reward of bodhi, a process either gradual or instantaneous. Huayan has (a) 見聞生 a past life of seeing and hearing Buddha-truth; (b) 解行生 liberation in the present life; (c) 證入生 realization of life in Buddhahood. This is also called 三生成佛, Buddhahood in the course of three lives. There is also a definition of three rebirths as the shortest term for arhatship, sixty kalpas being the longest. There are other definitions. |
不生 see styles |
bù shēng bu4 sheng1 pu sheng fushou / fusho ふしょう |
(place-name) Fushou anutpatti; anutpāda. Non-birth: not to be reborn, exempt from rebirth; arhan is mistakenly interpreted as 'not born', meaning not born again into mortal worlds. The 'nir' in nirvana is also erroneously said to mean 'not born'; certain schools say that nothing ever has been born, or created, for all is eternal. The Shingon word 'a' is interpreted as symbolizing the uncreated. The unborn or uncreated is a name for the Tathāgata, who is not born, but eternal ; hence by implication the term means "eternal". ādi, which means"at first, " "beginning","primary", is also interpreted as 不生 uncreated. |
之後 之后 see styles |
zhī hòu zhi1 hou4 chih hou |
after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then |
争端 see styles |
soutan / sotan そうたん |
beginning of a dispute |
二覺 二觉 see styles |
èr jué er4 jue2 erh chüeh nikaku |
The two enlightenments: (1) The 起信論 has two—(a) 本覺 the immanent mind in all things, e.g. "which lighteth every man that cometh into the world", also defined as the 法身 dharmakāya; (b) 始覺 initial enlightenment or beginning of illumination; this initiation leads on to Buddhahood, or full enlightenment. (2) (a) 等覺 The fifty-first stage of a bodhisattva's 行 位 practice; (b) 妙覺 the fifty-second stage, or enlightenment of Buddhahood.(3) (a)自覺 A Buddha's own or natural enlightenment; (b) 覺他 his enlightening of all others. |
仕初 see styles |
shizome しぞめ |
(1) outset; beginning; starting (things); (2) resuming work after the New Year's vacation |
倒敘 倒叙 see styles |
dào xù dao4 xu4 tao hsü |
to start a narrative at the end (or midway), then proceed chronologically from the beginning; to flash back; flashback (in a novel, movie etc) See: 倒叙 |
像始 see styles |
xiàng shǐ xiang4 shi3 hsiang shih zōshi |
The beginning of the formal period. |
元始 see styles |
yuán shǐ yuan2 shi3 yüan shih genshi げんし |
origin; (given name) Motohatsu Prabhū, 波羅赴; 鉢利部 beginning, in the beginning, primordial. Prabhū is a title of Viṣṇu as a personification of the sun. |
入り see styles |
iri いり |
(n,n-suf) (1) entering; (2) setting (of the sun); (3) containing; content; audience; (4) income; (5) beginning |
入月 see styles |
rù yuè ru4 yue4 ju yüeh irizuki いりづき |
(of women) beginning of menstrual cycle; full-term gestation (surname) Irizuki |
入梅 see styles |
iriume いりうめ |
(noun/participle) entering the rainy season; beginning of the rainy season; (surname) Iriume |
入門 入门 see styles |
rù mén ru4 men2 ju men nyuumon / nyumon にゅうもん |
entrance door; to enter a door; introduction (to a subject); to learn the basics of a subject (n,vs,vi) (1) becoming a pupil (of); becoming a disciple; entering an institution; beginning training; (2) (usu. in book titles) introduction (to); primer; guide; (n,vs,vi) (3) entering through a gate; (surname) Irima gate of entry |
全程 see styles |
quán chéng quan2 cheng2 ch`üan ch`eng chüan cheng |
the whole distance; from beginning to end |
兵端 see styles |
heitan / hetan へいたん |
hostilities; beginning of hostilities |
冒頭 冒头 see styles |
mào tóu mao4 tou2 mao t`ou mao tou boutou / boto ぼうとう |
to emerge; to crop up; a little more than beginning; opening; start; outset |
冥初 see styles |
míng chū ming2 chu1 ming ch`u ming chu myōsho |
The primitive darkness (at the beginning of existence). |
凍容 冻容 see styles |
dòng róng dong4 rong2 tung jung |
"youth freezing", Chinese girls beginning anti-ageing treatments as young as two years old in the hope they will never look old |
出足 see styles |
deashi であし |
(1) turnout (of people); (2) start (of a race, campaign, business, etc.); beginning; (3) {sumo} initial charge; dash |
出鼻 see styles |
debana でばな |
(1) projecting part (of a headland, etc.); (2) outset; moment of departure; beginning of work; starting out; (place-name) Debana |
初め see styles |
hajime はじめ zome ぞめ |
(n-t,n-adv) (1) beginning; start; outset; opening; (2) first (in line, etc.); (3) origin; (4) (kana only) such as ...; not to mention ...; (suffix) first doing of ... (ever, in one's life, in the new year, etc.) |
初口 see styles |
shokuchi しょくち |
beginning |
初善 see styles |
chū shàn chu1 shan4 ch`u shan chu shan shozen |
good in the beginning |
初手 see styles |
shote しょて |
(1) first move (in shogi, go, etc.); (2) beginning; start; (surname) Hatsude |
初日 see styles |
chū rì chu1 ri4 ch`u jih chu jih hatsuhi はつひ |
New Year's Day sunrise; (f,p) Hatsuhi beginning of the day |
初春 see styles |
hatsuharu はつはる |
(1) early spring; beginning of spring; (2) New Year; (female given name) Hatsuharu |
初期 see styles |
chū qī chu1 qi1 ch`u ch`i chu chi shoki しょき |
initial stage; beginning period (noun - becomes adjective with の) early days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning |
初葉 初叶 see styles |
chū yè chu1 ye4 ch`u yeh chu yeh shoyou / shoyo しょよう |
early part (of a decade, century etc); the first years beginning of an epoch; initial period; (female given name) Hatsuyo |
初語 初语 see styles |
chū yǔ chu1 yu3 ch`u yü chu yü shogo しょご |
first word (of an infant) the beginning part of a speech |
初頭 see styles |
shotou / shoto しょとう |
(n,adv) beginning (of a century, etc.) |
前後 前后 see styles |
qián hòu qian2 hou4 ch`ien hou chien hou maeshirie まえしりえ |
around; from beginning to end; all around; front and rear (archaism) front and rear; front and back; before and behind; (place-name, surname) Zengo before and after |
前株 see styles |
maekabu まえかぶ |
(See 後株) company name with the "kabushiki kaisha" at the beginning |
前略 see styles |
zenryaku ぜんりゃく |
(expression) (1) (at the beginning of a brief letter) dispensing with the preliminaries ...; (n,vs,vi) (2) (when quoting something) omitting the previous part |
劈頭 劈头 see styles |
pī tóu pi1 tou2 p`i t`ou pi tou hekitou / hekito へきとう |
straight away; right off the bat; right on the head; right in the face beginning; outset; opening; start |
劫初 see styles |
jié chū jie2 chu1 chieh ch`u chieh chu kō sho |
The beginning of the kalpa of formation; the kalpa of creation; also 成劫. |
化源 see styles |
huà yuán hua4 yuan2 hua yüan kegen |
The fount of conversion, or salvation, the beginning of the Buddha's teaching. |
化生 see styles |
huà shēng hua4 sheng1 hua sheng keshou / kesho けしょう |
(noun/participle) (1) {Buddh} (See 四生) spontaneous birth; (2) goblin; monster; (surname, given name) Keshou q. v. means direct 'birth' by metamorphosis. It also means the incarnate avaatara of a deity.; aupapādaka, or aupapāduka. Direct metamorphosis, or birth by transformation, one of the 四生, by which existence in any required form is attained in an instant in full maturity. By this birth bodhisattvas residing in Tuṣita appear on earth. Dhyāni Buddhas and Avalokiteśvara are likewise called 化生. It also means unconditional creation at the beginning of a kalpa. Bhuta 部多 is also used with similar meaning. There are various kinds of 化生, e. g. 佛菩薩化生 the transformation of a Buddha or bodhisattva, in any form at will, without gestation, or intermediary conditions: 極樂化生, birth in the happy land of Amitābha by transformation through the Lotus; 法身化生 the dharmakāya, or spiritual body, born or formed on a disciple's conversion. |
北藏 see styles |
běi zàng bei3 zang4 pei tsang Hokuzō |
The northern collection or edition of 1,621 works first published in Peking by order of Ch'eng Tsu (1403-1424), together with forty-one additional works, published by 密藏 Mizang after thirty years, labour beginning A. D. 1586. Later this edition was published in Japan 1678-1681 by 鐵眼 Tetsugen. |
原初 see styles |
yuán chū yuan2 chu1 yüan ch`u yüan chu gensho げんしょ |
initial; original; originally; at first (noun - becomes adjective with の) origin; source; beginning; starting point |
原始 see styles |
yuán shǐ yuan2 shi3 yüan shih genshi げんし |
first; original; primitive; original (document etc) (noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) origin; beginning; genesis; (adj-no,n) (2) primeval; primordial; primitive; (given name) Hajime |
原点 see styles |
genten げんてん |
(1) starting point; origin; beginning; (2) {math} origin (of coordinate axes); (3) datum point |
嚆矢 see styles |
koushi / koshi こうし |
(1) (See 鏑矢) whistling arrow used to signal the start of battle; (2) start (e.g. of a movement); beginning; dawn |
四節 四节 see styles |
sì jié si4 jie2 ssu chieh shisetsu |
The four monastic annual periods — beginning of summer, end of summer, winter solstice, and the new year. |
国衙 see styles |
kokuga こくが |
(1) (archaism) (See 国司) provincial governor's office; (2) (abbreviation) (See 国衙領) provincial governorate (beginning in the late Heian period); (place-name) Kokuga |
土台 see styles |
dodai どだい |
(1) foundation; base; basis; (adverb) (2) (often in negative contexts) (See 元々・1) from the beginning; from the outset; by nature |
地大 see styles |
dì dà di4 da4 ti ta chihiro ちひろ |
(personal name) Chihiro Earth as one of the 四大 four elements, 地 earth, 水大 water, 火大 fire, and 風大 air (i. e. air in motion, wind); to these 空大 space (Skt. ākāśa) is added to make the 五大 five elements; 識 vijñāna, perception to make the six elements; and 見 darśana, views, concepts, or reasonings to make the seven elements. The esoteric sect use the five fingers, beginning with the little finger, to symbolize the five elements. |
夏首 see styles |
xià shǒu xia4 shou3 hsia shou geshu |
The first day, or beginning, of the retreat. |
外道 see styles |
wài dào wai4 dao4 wai tao gedou / gedo げどう |
(1) {Buddh} (See 内道) tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; non-Buddhist; (2) heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; heresy; heretic; (3) (oft. used as a pejorative) demon; devil; fiend; brute; wretch; (4) type of fish one did not intend to catch; (person) Gedō Outside doctrines; non-Buddhist; heresy, heretics; the Tīrthyas or Tīrthikas; there are many groups of these: that of the 二天三仙 two devas and three sages, i. e. the Viṣṇuites, the Maheśvarites (or Śivaites), and the followers of Kapila, Ulūka, and Ṛṣabha. Another group of four is given as Kapila, Ulūka, Nirgrantha-putra (Jainas), and Jñātṛ (Jainas). A group of six, known as the外道六師 six heretical masters, is Pūraṇa-Kāśyapa, Maskari-Gośālīputra, Sañjaya-Vairāṭīputra, Ajita-Keśakambala, Kakuda-Kātyāyana, and Nirgrantha-Jñātṛputra; there are also two other groupings of six, one of them indicative of their various forms of asceticism and self-torture. There are also groups of 13, 1, 20, 30, 95, and 96 heretics, or forms of non-Buddhist doctrine, the 95 being divided into 11 classes, beginning with the Saṃkhyā philosophy and ending with that of no-cause, or existence as accidental. |
大刧 大劫 see styles |
dà jié da4 jie2 ta chieh daikō |
mahākalpa. The great kalpa, from the beginning of a universe till it is destroyed and another begins in its place. It has four kalpas or periods known as vivarta 成刧 the creation period; vivarta‐siddha 住刧 the appearance of sun and moon, i.e. light, and the period of life, human and general; saṃvarta 壤刧 or 滅刧 destruction first by fire, then water, then fire, then deluge, then a great wind, i.e. water during seven small kalpas, fire during 56 and wind one, in all 64; saṃvartatthāhi 増滅刧 total destruction gradually reaching the void. A great kalpa is calculated as eighty small kalpas and to last 1,347,000,000 years. |
大壽 大寿 see styles |
dà shòu da4 shou4 ta shou |
(polite) birthday making the beginning of new decade of life for an older person, especially over 50 years old (e.g. 60th or 70th birthday) |
太初 see styles |
tài chū tai4 chu1 t`ai ch`u tai chu taisho たいしょ |
the absolute beginning beginning of the world |
始め see styles |
hajime はじめ |
(n-t,n-adv) (1) beginning; start; outset; opening; (2) first (in line, etc.); (3) origin; (4) (kana only) such as ...; not to mention ... |
始動 see styles |
shidou / shido しどう |
(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) starting (a machine, engine, etc.); (n,vs,vt,vi) (2) starting (a project, plan, etc.); beginning; initiation; going into action |
始期 see styles |
shiki しき |
beginning period; initial term |
始終 始终 see styles |
shǐ zhōng shi3 zhong1 shih chung shijuu / shiju しじゅう |
from beginning to end; all along (adv,n) continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last Beginning and end, first and last. |
孟冬 see styles |
moutou / moto もうとう |
(1) (obsolete) beginning of winter; (2) tenth month of the lunar calendar |
孟夏 see styles |
mouka / moka もうか |
(1) beginning of summer; (2) (obsolete) fourth month of the lunar calendar |
孟春 see styles |
moushun / moshun もうしゅん |
(1) beginning of spring; (2) (obsolete) first month of the lunar calendar; (personal name) Moushun |
孟秋 see styles |
mèng qiū meng4 qiu1 meng ch`iu meng chiu moushuu / moshu もうしゅう |
(1) (obsolete) beginning of autumn; (2) seventh month of the lunar calendar; (given name) Hajime (Skt. Bhādrapadamāsa) |
小乘 see styles |
xiǎo shèng xiao3 sheng4 hsiao sheng shōjō |
Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle; Buddhism in India before the Mayahana sutras; also pr. [Xiao3 cheng2] Hīnayāna 希那衍. The small, or inferior wain, or vehicle; the form of Buddhism which developed after Śākyamuni's death to about the beginning of the Christian era, when Mahāyāna doctrines were introduced. It is the orthodox school and more in direct line with the Buddhist succession than Mahāyānism which developed on lines fundamentally different. The Buddha was a spiritual doctor, less interested in philosophy than in the remedy for human misery and perpetual transmigration. He "turned aside from idle metaphysical speculations; if he held views on such topics, he deemed them valueless for the purposes of salvation, which was his goal" (Keith). Metaphysical speculations arose after his death, and naturally developed into a variety of Hīnayāna schools before and after the separation of a distinct school of Mahāyāna. Hīnayāna remains the form in Ceylon, Burma, and Siam, hence is known as Southern Buddhism in contrast with Northern Buddhism or Mahāyāna, the form chiefly prevalent from Nepal to Japan. Another rough division is that of Pali and Sanskrit, Pali being the general literary language of the surviving form of Hīnayāna, Sanskrit of Mahāyāna. The term Hīnayāna is of Mahāyānist origination to emphasize the universalism and altruism of Mahāyāna over the narrower personal salvation of its rival. According to Mahāyāna teaching its own aim is universal Buddhahood, which means the utmost development of wisdom and the perfect transformation of all the living in the future state; it declares that Hīnayāna, aiming at arhatship and pratyekabuddhahood, seeks the destruction of body and mind and extinction in nirvāṇa. For arhatship the 四諦Four Noble Truths are the foundation teaching, for pratyekabuddhahood the 十二因緣 twelve-nidānas, and these two are therefore sometimes styled the two vehicles 二乘. Tiantai sometimes calls them the (Hīnayāna) Tripiṭaka school. Three of the eighteen Hīnayāna schools were transported to China: 倶舍 (Abhidharma) Kośa; 成實 Satya-siddhi; and the school of Harivarman, the律 Vinaya school. These are described by Mahāyānists as the Buddha's adaptable way of meeting the questions and capacity of his hearers, though his own mind is spoken of as always being in the absolute Mahāyāna all-embracing realm. Such is the Mahāyāna view of Hīnayāna, and if the Vaipulya sūtras and special scriptures of their school, which are repudiated by Hīnayāna, are apocryphal, of which there seems no doubt, then Mahāyāna in condemning Hīnayāna must find other support for its claim to orthodoxy. The sūtras on which it chiefly relies, as regards the Buddha, have no authenticity; while those of Hīnayāna cannot be accepted as his veritable teaching in the absence of fundamental research. Hīnayāna is said to have first been divided into minority and majority sections immediately after the death of Śākyamuni, when the sthāvira, or older disciples, remained in what is spoken of as "the cave", some place at Rājagṛha, to settle the future of the order, and the general body of disciples remained outside; these two are the first 上坐部 and 大衆部 q. v. The first doctrinal division is reported to have taken place under the leadership of the monk 大天 Mahādeva (q.v.) a hundred years after the Buddha's nirvāṇa and during the reign of Aśoka; his reign, however, has been placed later than this by historians. Mahādeva's sect became the Mahāsāṅghikā, the other the Sthāvira. In time the two are said to have divided into eighteen, which with the two originals are the so-called "twenty sects" of Hīnayāna. Another division of four sects, referred to by Yijing, is that of the 大衆部 (Arya) Mahāsaṅghanikāya, 上座部 Āryasthavirāḥ, 根本說一切有部 Mūlasarvāstivādaḥ, and 正量部 Saṃmatīyāḥ. There is still another division of five sects, 五部律. For the eighteen Hīnayāna sects see 小乘十八部. |
小口 see styles |
koguchi こぐち |
(1) cut end; edge (of a page, etc.); (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) (ant: 大口・おおぐち・3) small amount; small quantity; small sum; (3) beginning; clue; (4) (See 虎口) tiger's den; jaws of death; dangerous place; (place-name, surname) Koguchi |
巻頭 see styles |
kantou / kanto かんとう |
(1) beginning (of a book, magazine, etc.); opening page; (2) beginning (of a matter); start; (place-name) Makihotsu |
巻首 see styles |
kanshu かんしゅ |
beginning (of a scroll, book, etc.) |
布石 see styles |
fuseki ふせき |
(1) {go} strategic arrangement of go stones at the beginning of a game; opening moves; (noun, transitive verb) (2) preparations; preparatory steps; arrangements; (laying the) groundwork (for) |
幕開 see styles |
makuaki まくあき |
(irregular okurigana usage) (1) the rise of the curtain; opening (of play); (2) beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.) |
年初 see styles |
nián chū nian2 chu1 nien ch`u nien chu nensho ねんしょ |
beginning of the year beginning of the year |
年始 see styles |
nenshi ねんし |
(1) beginning of the year; new year; (2) New Year's call; New Year's greetings |
年甫 see styles |
nenpo ねんぽ |
beginning of the year |
年神 see styles |
toshigami としがみ |
(1) kami celebrated at the beginning of New Year (usu. to pray for a good harvest); (2) goddess of (lucky) directions; (surname) Toshigami |
年頭 年头 see styles |
nián tóu nian2 tou2 nien t`ou nien tou nentou(p); toshigashira / nento(p); toshigashira ねんとう(P); としがしら |
start of the year; whole year; a particular year; period; days; epoch; a year's harvest (1) beginning of the year; (2) (としがしら only) the oldest person |
序章 see styles |
xù zhāng xu4 zhang1 hsü chang joshou / josho じょしょう |
prologue; preface; preamble (1) preface; foreword; introduction; introductory chapter; (2) beginning; start |
当初 see styles |
tousho / tosho とうしょ |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) beginning; start; outset; (n,adv) (2) at first; at the beginning; initially; originally |
後先 see styles |
atosaki あとさき |
(1) front and rear; before and after; both ends; beginning and end; (2) (See 後先になる) order; sequence; (3) (See 後先考えず) consequences; (4) context |
從本 从本 see styles |
cóng běn cong2 ben3 ts`ung pen tsung pen jū hon |
from the beginning |
徹す see styles |
toosu とおす |
(transitive verb) (1) to stick through; to force through; (2) to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; (3) to make a path between two points; (4) to proceed in a logical manner; (5) to let pass; to allow through; (6) to lead (someone) into (a house, room, etc.); to show in; (7) to go through (a middleman); (8) to (look, listen) through (a window, wall, etc.); (9) to pass (a law, applicant, etc.); (10) to force to accept; to force agreement; (11) to continue (in a state); to persist in; (12) to do to the entirety of; to cover all of; to span the whole ...; (13) to do from beginning to end without a break; (14) to convey (one's ideas, etc.) to the other party; (15) to do to the end; to carry through; to complete |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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